This issue was fixed in Patch 1.17.7
I'm not sure if this responds to the parent post which is what I'm trying to do.
I have installed
Get to Work
Outdoor retreat
Everything was working fine until I installed the update on 3/22/2016. So definitely the patch that did it. I don't know how to cheat to get back up to the level I was for the Scientist job so I'm leery of trying that.
The 3/22 patch did the exact same thing to my game. No CC. I have everything installed except the romantic garden stuff pack. Tried "repair game" and also deleting/repurchasing the lab to no avail. Had my sim quit her job, rejoin it, cheated to get her back where she was previously and now she can synthesize serums again. You basically enable testing cheats and then enter "careers.promote scientist" until they're where you want them to be in their career. It did seem to work to fix the issue.
How do you enable testing cheats?
